Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently joined the trend of using drones for delivering products. The move of the world’s largest retailer came amid the growing race with online competitors such as Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
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World’s Largest Model Aviation Association Launches Public Awareness Campaign
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and its community of more than 187,000 members across the globe are uniting today to welcome and encourage the next generation of model aviation enthusiasts. In a public awareness campaign titled Discover Flight, AMA will show the world why it’s never been a more important, or exciting, time to take to the skies. Continue reading
UAV Operator Supports UK Aerodrome Community
UAV operator and consultant, Firefly Aerial Innovation, has presented to Airport Safeguarding Officers from airports across the UK to raise awareness of how commercial drones are operated. Continue reading
MAPPS Joins FAA Registration Task Force
MAPPS, the only national association of private sector firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States and a leader on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the geospatial field, today announced it has accepted an invitation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be a member of the UAS Registration Task Force (RTF) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). Continue reading
Aeryon Labs Gets $60 Million in Growth Financing
Aeryon Labs Inc., a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and mission control software, announced that it has closed a $60 million investment from Summit Partners. This investment will help the company realize its ambitious vision for the sUAS market, which sees widespread adoption across military, public safety and commercial operators worldwide.
Precision ag Upgrade for Phantom 3
Sentera, LLC, a sensor, software, and drone company is making precise crop health and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data affordable to every grower by enabling new and existing Phantom 3 Professional drones to capture NDVI data. Continue reading
Start-Up Offers High-End UAV Sensing Services
A newly created company is preparing to penetrate the unmanned air vehicle (UAV) services market by offering high-end sensing for commercial applications. Continue reading
Sneak Preview of Google’s New Delivery Drone
Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X (5 miles in 5 mins is the promise) #zg15 pic.twitter.com/Xk2KyTRURP
— Aaref Hilaly (@aaref) October 19, 2015
This short video shows one of Google’s delivery drones gracefully drop a package at the company’s Zeitgeist confab taking place right now in Arizona. Continue reading